CPMC Receives Award for Quality Care for Heart Attack Patients

California Pacific Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR® ACTION Registry®–GWTG™ Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2012 – one of only 168 hospitals nationwide to do so, and one of only six California hospitals.

The award recognizes commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and signifies that CPMC has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.

ACTION Registry–GWTG is a partnership between the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association with partnering support from the American College of Emergency Physicians, Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and the Society of Hospital Medicine. ACTION Registry-GWTG establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk STEMI and NSTEMI patients.